Fastening-inserting machine



March 1, 1932'.

F. C. EASTMAN FASTENING TNSERHNG MACHTNE Jcus-Sheet l Filed ow. 25, 1928 .QQ n@ mh XN@ VE/v TU@ March l', 1932.

F. c. EAsrMAN FASTENING INSERTING MACHINE Filed 0.6i. 25, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 06 /70 f 708/ @www March 1, 1932. F. c. EASTMAN FSTENING NSERTING MACHINE Filed Oct. 23, '1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 HMM hmmm 0 U are driven intoa thinl insole7 iamay be neces- "l bottom a shoe mounted upon elast if'atented Mar. 1, 1932 y' FRED C.V EASTMAN; OF BEVERLY, MASSACHETTS,

Assrsn'on'ro UNITED SHOE, MA;-

CHINERY usaron-errori, on new ann-snif, .a conronefrmn oF NEW JERSEY FASTENlEG-NSERTNG Application filedA Qctober 23H28,

-' or Wlii-ch are contained in a housingarranged to bel grasped y the hand ef the operater and to be moved peripheraily of the heel er toe. portionof a shoe mounted on` a. in a bed lasting machine to insert regs through f' theu-pper and into the insole of the shoe to secure the upper in lasted reiation to the insole. I i

ilfh .a inserting fibre pegs vto secure togetherthe parts of shoe bottoms it is particularly des ablethat the length of the pegs be varied in accordance with the thickness oftheY parts of the shoe bottoms into which they are inserted. Thisjgiw maximum holdingpower he pegs sary -n order to insure that the pegs do not pull out of the insole. As a shoe ready forv the operation ofi a bed` lastingmachine is mounted' upon last7V its bottom cannot-be calf reu', as might be done il it were cti the `East. Until the present invention there Was no mechanism l'rnoivn to me which col` d be utilized to measure the thickness or ashoe bot-tom While the shoe was on'the last thereby to control' the length oi the fastenings inserted.

it is an object of i present invention to provide fastening inserting' mechanism having` means ior measuring the thickness oi*- the and means'lior inserting in the bottom of the shoe '.eninfgs the lengths of `which correspond to 'the measured' thickness 'of the shoe bottom.

l-ir accordance with this object and with Jsature of the invention, the illustrated machine is provided With an `aWl and 'op erating'` means therefor of such nature that' the aivl can be driven through the nottom of shoe mounted upon a last and arrested bv striking;- a metal plate noon the bottoni oie thelasthwithout interfering with the nor mal operation of the machine and Without danger-of hreal'ing the aiv-l or eperatingg mechanisml f- Thus the lengt-h of the stroke of the a-Wl isdependent upon the thickness Y Serial No.

M CHENE of the stocl; which thel aWl penetrates and the length of the aWl stroke is utilizedi tol control the length of the fastenings inserted in the holes formed by theV aiwl;`

In accordance with another featured the vinvention the awl operating means of the illustrated machine includes an awl barror carrier, and a connection between thel a-Wl hat and means for reciprocating theV awl bar which `connection is broken When4 the 'aWl meets an excessive resistance duringl its Work? penetratingstroke but which is remade later in the' cycle oi operation so thatthe aivl bar is picked up and the awl is withdrawn from the shoebottom. .Th-us the cycle of'operaticn of the machine is completed as it would have been if the stock into which the avv-l was thrust was thick enough so that thea-Wl did not pass entirely througlr it and the machine is ready tol operate through another" cycle. The fastenings inserted byl the' illiislirate machine are severed from a` strip' of' fase teni'ng materiakq `for example paper-twine; commonly called liber-fastening' 'materii'rll,Y which is fedi intermittently by mechanism controlled by the movement or' the avrili bar soV that eachfastening severed from the strip is of a-length determined by tliedi'stancevwhich the a-Wl penetrates the Work beforeit driver operating mechanism comprising a=v continuously reciprocating member, a diiver operating member, and connections between the two members arranged to be madeiand broken by a' manually operabl'econtrollr so that` the driver operating' member can be" driven intermittently, at thevvill of theoper'- ator, lby the continuously reciprocating member. This constructionfreduces toafminimum the Weight of the parts which must bese iiil motion and stopped eachtime-thaothe fas#V tening inserting means is started and stopped.

lVhile the invention is illustrated herein as embodied in a fastening inserting machine intended to take the place of the hand tackers commonly used with bed lasting machines, it is clear that the invention is not limited in its utility to embodiment in iastening inserting machines of that type and, accordingly, the construction disclosed herein should be regarded primarily as an illustrationof one or the forms in which my invention may be embodied.

With the above and other objects and teatures in view the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In thedrawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section., of a fastening inserting machine'embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the fastening instrumentalities of the machine, on larger scale, showing the parts in the position which they occupy at the conclusion of the punching of a fastening receiving hole in the work rpleCe;

v Fig.4 3 is a view similar to Fig'. 2, showing the position ot the parts at the end ot the feeding oj the strip of fastening material preparatory to the severing of a fastening therefrom; Y

Figs. 4 andV 5 show the position of 'the parts at the beginning and at the end respectively ot the driving of a fastening; and

-Figs `6 and 7 illustrate connections by means of which the length of the punching or awl stroke and the length of the fastening severed from the stripvr, are controlled in accordance .with the thickness oi*I the shoe parts through which the asteningis to be driven. The illustrated fastening inserting machine is intended to take the place of the hand tackers commonly usedY in lasting the toes oli' .McKay shoes and the heel portions ol' Goodyear welt, McKay and other types ol shoes. In order to avoid the objections incidental to the use of tacks to securefshoe uppers inlastedposition, the illustrated machine, is 'arranged to rinsert libre pegs orP the char-` acter ,disclosed in Letters Patent or the United States No. 1,7 29,169 granted September 24, 1929, on an application tiled in the name o Fred N. LaChapelle. severed from a strip or" fibre peg material such as paper twine and inserted in holes punched by the machine through the shoe upper into the insole. Y

The fastening-inserting instrumentalities ot themachine are carried at the end of an arm 10 counterbalanced by a weight W and pivoted at12, for vertical swinging movement, to a bracket 14 mounted lor horizontal swinging movementv at the top `of a column 16 so that the fastening-inserting instrumen-A These pegs are talities can readily be presented to the different parts of a shoe to secure the toe and heel portions oiz the shoe upper in lasted relation to the insole and last. rlhe column 16, which carries also a reel 18 containing a supply of the peg material 19, may conveniently be secured 'to a bed lasting machine. The bracket 14 carries also a motor 20 geared, as shown at 22, to a cam member 24 provided with a pair or' cam tracks 26, 28. In these cam tracks are positioned a pair of rolls 80, 32 carried respectively by slide blocks mounted for longitudinal sliding movement in ways formed in the arm 10 and pivoted at 34, 86 respectively vto longitudinally movable rods 88, 40 extending lengthwise of the arm 10 and pivoted respectively at their right-hand ends to a pair ot bell crank levers 42, 44 ulcrumed at 46, 48 to an arm 50 carried by the right-hand end the arm 10 and serving to operate the fastening-inserting ins'trumentalities. The bell crank lever 44 is rocked twiceA and the lever 42 once during each revolution of the cam member 24.

Depending from the lower end of the arm 50 is a tube 52 carrying at its lower end a housing 54 which contains the fastening severing and inserting portions of the machine. Within the tube 52 is a sleeve 56 utilized to operate the fastening severing means and carrying at its upper end a collar 57 provided with a pair of slots which receive pins 58 carried by the bifurcated end of the bell crank lever so that rocking' of the bell crank lever about its ulcrum 46 will reciprocate the sleeve 56. WTithin the sleeve 56 is a rod 60 carrying a tool 104 which acts both as an awl and as a driver. To the upper end 0In the rod 60 is clamped a collar 62 to which is pivoted a depending lat-ch member 64 urged in a clockwise direction, as viewed in the variousk figures of the drawings, by a spring 66. The latch member 64 is provided with an approximately horizontal shoulder 68 (Figs. 1 and 6) engaging a complemental shoulder 70 formed upon a shorter latch member 72 pivoted at 7 4 to a sleeve 7 6 surrounding the rod 60 and forming a guide for the upper end of the rod. lThe sleeve 76 is provided with a pair of horizontal slots entered by a pair of pins 'l' 8 carried by the bifurcated end of the bell. crank lever 44.

Then the motor 2O is running the bell crank levers 42 and 44 are continuously oscillated. but when the machine is not in use the sleeve 76 slides idly up and down on the rod 60 and the fastening-inserting instrumentalities are inoperative since the latch 64 is held disengaged from the latch 72, as shown in Fig. 1. To hold the latch members 64 and 72 disengaged while the machine is not iny operation the latch member 64 is provided with a linger 80 extending toward the leftl and engaged by a latch member 82 having the 'torni of a bell crank lever fulcrumed at 84 to Aan extension 86 ofthe arm 50. The latch Yto hold the latch 82 in the position shown 1n Fig. 1, under which circumstances the shoulT ders 68, of the latch members 64, 72 are disengaged. A pin 1.02, extending through the extension 86, limits the movement in a clockwise direction of the latch member 82. lffheu the operator squeezes the trigger 94, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the latch member 82 1s moved in a counterclockwise direction, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, releasing the linger of the latch member 64 so that the latter is rotated by its spr-ing 66 to bring-its shoulder 68 into such position that when the latch member 70 reaches the upper end of its reciprocating movement the shoulder 68 can `)ass beneath the shoulder 70 of the latch member 72, latching the two together. Subsequent downward movementk of `the sleeve 76 is thus operative to move the rod V60 downwardly, as shown in Fign2.

The rod 60 .serves as a carrier for the tool 104 which is reciprocated through aV throat or nozzle 105, acting both as an awl and as a driver, and which, as a matter of convenience,

is hereinafter spoken of either'as an awl oras a driver. according to the function Yunder consideration. 1n the tool 104 v1s shown acting as an awl tol punch a hole through the various layers 106 of a rshoe upper and .insole mounted upon va last 108`provi ded with a metal bottom plat-'efor heel plate 110; When the awl 104 hits the metal Yplate 110 the excessive resistance arrests the rod 60 and it can no longer move downwardly. 'l` iis takes place before the completion of the first downward movementl of the outwardly extending arm of the hell crank lever 44 in each cycle of operation of the machine.v

Thereafter the continued movement of the bell crank lever 44. which, it is to be remembered. is connected by pin-and-slot connection to the sleeve 7 6, is effective to rock the latch member 72 about its pivot 74 in a counterclock-.wise direction against'the compression of-a spring 112 surrounding a pin-114 carried by the sleeve 7 6 and bearing atone end against the 'lowerend of the latch member 72 and at the other end against a nut 116 threaded on the pin 114. AAs the lower end of the latch member 2 engages the lower end off the long er latch member 64, this rocking movement of the1latchme1nber72 iseflectlvealso to rock` the latch member 64 against its spring 66,

pushing or dragging the shoulder 68 out fromV nunder the' shoulder `TO'a-nd thusbreaking the driving connection to the awl 104, after vwhich the latch member 7 2 and the sleeve 76 `areffree to continue Vtheir downwardV move- "lfhus, the work penetrating movement of the awl 104 is effective to measure the thickness of the shoe bottom thrust.

The extent of this movement of the awlV 1 04 is utilized to .measure the length of the fastening severed from the Vstrip 19 of fastening material, for example paper twine, carried by the reel 18.` The strip 19 passes through a vertical guide tube 122 extending upwardly at the right-hand end of a block 124 clamped to the lower end of the tube 56. Below .the tube 122 the guide block 124 is provided with a depending portion having a surface 126 (Fig. 3) past which the strip 19 passes. Opposed to the'surface 126 is a dog 128 also arranged to bear against the strip 19 and pivoted to the Vend of a bell crank lever 130 which is fulcrumed at 132 to the depending portion of the block 124. The bell crank lever 130 is urged in a counterclockwise direction by a spring 134 and its upwardly lextending arm carriesa projection 136 (Fig. 2) bearingagainst the rod 60 and arranged to entera groove-138 formed in the rod 60 just before the conclusion of the down stroke of the rod. The distance from the projection 136 tothe lowerend'of the groove 138 at the conclusion of the work-penetrating movement .of the' awl 104 will, of course, depend upon the thickness of the stock between the nozzle 105 and the metal plate 110 of the last. The feeding of the strip of fastening material is caused by sliding the block 124 downwardly along the rod v60 while the latter is held stationary at the termination of the work-penetrating movement of the awl 104, the strip 19 being gripped betweenthe dog 128 and the surface 126 asthe block 124 is moved downwardly until the projection 136 reaches the lowerv end `of the groove 138;

When this takes place, further downward movement of; thefblock 124 causes the lower end .of the groove 138 to cam the projection 1360i the lever 130 to the right, rocking the lever 130 in a clockwise direction, as viewed in the various figures, and thus relieving the pressure of the dog 128 on thestrip 120 and terminating the feeding of the strip. VThe block 124 is'giveu this ldownward movement by the cam 24, the motion being transmitted Y by the rod 38, the bell crank lever 42 and the sleeve 56.

parts into which, it is To prevent retrograde movementl of the strip 19, the latter passes beneath a. second dog 140 pivoted to the end of a lever 142 fulcrumed at 144 to the housing54. A springr 146 tends to rock the lever 142 in a counterclockwise direction, thus gripping the strip between the dog` 140 and a stationary surface 148. Feeding movement of the strip 19 rocks lever 142 slightly against the action of the spring 146, relieving the pressure of the dog` 140 on the strip. Y Retrograde movement of the strip 19 has the opposite effect and any tendencythereto results in gripping the strip firmly between the dog 140 and the surface 148.

From the dog 140 the strip 19 of fastening material Vpasses through a stationary tube 150 the lower end of which is supported by a stationary block 152 carried near the lower end of the housing 54. The severing of pegs from the'strip 19 of fastening material is accomplished by rocking.movement of bell crank lever 156 fulcrumed upon a stationary pin 158 extending transversely through thehousing 54 and provided with a passage 160 (Fig. 3) through which the tool 104 may pass. The bell crank lever 156 is provided with a passage 162 .which at the time of the feeding of the fastening is in alinement with the tube 150 and also with a second passage which is in alinement with the tool 104 at all times when the lower end of the latter is closely adjacent to or below the intersection of its path of movement with the upper snrface of the bell crank lever 156. VThe metal at the inlet end of the passa-ge 162'and at the outlet of the hole inthe block 152, which hole serves as a continuation ofthe tube 150, serve to shear a pcg from the strip 19 as the bell crank lever 156 is rocked.

After the fastening'material has been fed, the rod 60 is moved upwardly, withdrawing the awl 104 to a position above the bell crank lever 156. rEhe bell crank ever 156 is then rocked in a counterclockwise direction from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 4, thus severing a fastening and bringing it into posit-ion to be driven. This is accomplished by further downward move- Y ment of the sleeve 56 which brings the block 124 into engagement with a collar 170 secured to arod 12/'2 the npper end of which is lguided by the block 124 and the lower end by the block 152.y At its lower end the rod 1'? 2 is pivoted to the bell. crank lever 156. A

compression spring 176 engages at its upper enn against'v the collar 170 and at its lower end against thel block 152. thus serving to maintain thebell crank lever 156 in the position shown in Figs. 1. and 8 except when `is carried by the housing 54 at the righthand end of the path of movement of the .upper end of the bell crank lever 156.

bers 64, 72 have no tendency to disengage f since the form of the cam groove 28 is such that the sleeve 76 is not moved downwardly after the driver 104 comes to rest.

After return movement of the rod 60 at the conclusion of the driver stroke, the machine will start upon a new cycle of operation if pressure is maintained upon the trigger 94. If, however, the trigger 94 is released before the conclusion of the cycle, the latch member 82 will move into position to engage the finger 80 of the latch member 64 just before the conclusion of the upward stroke of the rod 60 and will cause the latch member 64 to swing to the position shown in Fig. 'l in which it is released from the latch member 72 so that the machine will cease to operate.

Then operating the illustrated machine the operator grasps it by the handle 98, bringing the nozzle 105'into position on the shoe bottom or other work piece into which a fastening is to be inserted, and then presses the trigger 94 to cause the operation of the device. The movement of the trigger is effective through the connection 90 to swing the latch 82 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, thus releasing the finger 80. and permitting the latch member 64 to move into the position shown in Fig. 2 in which its shoulder 68 engages beneath the shoulder 70 of the latch member 72. Vhen this takes place the sleeve 76, which is reciprocated continuouslyby the Vmotion transmitted from the motor 20 through the cam 28, the rod and the bell crank lever 44, causes therod to move downwardly thus thrusting the awl 104 forcibly into the work piece. TvVhen the end of the awl strikes the metal bottom plate 110 of the last 108 the awl can pass no further. Continued downward movement of the sleeve 76 is then effective to rock the latch members 72 and 64 in the manner shown in Fig. 6, thus releasing the shoulder 68of the latch member 64 from the shoulder of the latchmember 72 so that the sleeve 76 can continue its downward movement. Upon subsequent upward movement of the sleeve 76 its upper-.end engages the collar 62 which is clamped to the rod 60 and lifts the latter, withdrawing the awl from the work piece. Subsequent to the downward movement of the rod 60 the block 124 and the bell crank lever 130 are moved downwardly by the sleeve 56, feedingthe fastening material 19 downwardly7 till the projection 136 of the bell crank 130 reaches the lower vend of the slot 138.

The length of the fastening subsequently severed is determined by the extent of movement of the sleeve 56 and the bell crank Alever 130 before the projection 136 of the belll crank. lever 15h is cammed to the right by the'lower end of the groove 188 formed on the rod `60 and the feed dog 128 is rendered inoperative'. Thus the length of the fastening is (leien mi ned by the thickness of the work piece into which it is to be inserted. il second downfy ward movement of the rod 60 is effectivev to cause the tool eL to drive the fastening through 'the nozzle 105 into the workpiece.

This action is continued cyclicallyv as long as the tr' gger Sil ispressed toward the handle 98. V'Then the trigger is released themacliine completes the cycle of operation upon which it isengaged and at the end ofthe cycle the linger 80 is rocked in a counterclockwise di rection by engagement with the end of the latch member 82, thus withdrawing the shoulder 68 of the latch member 64 from the shoul f der "ZO of the latch member 72 and causing the rod 60 to comeV to rest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is ,Y

1. A. fastening inserting machine having, in combination, means for measuring the thickness of the bottom of a shoe mounted on a last, and means for inserting in therbottom of the shoe fastenings of a length corresponding to the measured thickness of the shoe bottoni.

Q. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination. means for 1measuring the thickness of the bottom of a shoe mounted on a last. means for severing from a strip Iol" fastening material a fasteningk of a length corresponding to the measured thickness `of the shoe bottom, and means foi" driving said fastening in the shoe bottom. n

A fastening inserting device having, in combination, fastening inserting mechanism, means for measuring the thickness of the'bottem et' a shoe mounted upon a last, and means for operating the fastening inserting mechanisin to insert in the bottom of the shoe fastenings the lengths of which correspond to the measured thickness of the shoe bottoni.

4A. A, fastening' inserting device having, i. combination. an awl, means for reciprocating the awl constructed and arranged to cause the awl'to penetrate the bottom of a slice mounted upon a last and to ccme to rest when the awl strikes the` bottom of the last, and means for inserting' in the holes formed by the awl fas tenings of a length determined by the distance which the awl moves/ while passing tom plate of the last.

through the work when forming the holes forrg y the respective fastenings.

5. A fastening `inserting machine having,

in combination, an awl, and means for rreciprocating the awl constructed and arranged to cause the awl to penetrate a work piece presented thereto and to come to rest iii each cycle of operation when it meets an excessive resistance, said means being arranged .to withdraw the awl from the work later in the cycle of operation'of the machine, and means for inserting ineach hole formed hy the awl a fastening the lengthof which is determined by the depth to which the awl penetrated the work piece in fforming that hole.

6. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an awl, a cam, connections between the cam and awl constructed andl` arranged to thrust the awl forcibly rintoa work pieceV vpresented thereto but to permit the awl to come to rest in each cycle of opel'- ation when it meets an excessive resistance, and later in thel cycle to withdraw the awl freiiitlienwork, and means for inserting a i'ibre peg in'` the hole formed in the work piece bythe aw l. l

4.. A fastening inserting machine having,

in combination, an awl, means for recipro eating the awl constructed and arranged to cause the aw'lto penetrate the bottom of'a shoe mounted on a last and to come' to rest when the awl strikes the bottom plate rof the last, said means including a connection which is brokenwhen the awl hits the .bot

r8.1i, fastening inserting machine having,

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iii combination, an awl, and means for reciprocating the awl constructed and arranged to cause the awl to penetrate the bottom of a shoe mounted on a 1rast and to come to restwhen the awl strikes the bottom plate of. the'last and thereafter to be withdrawn,

said means including a connection which isf broken when the awl hits the bottom` plate of the last.

- 9. A'fastening inserting machine having, in combination, fastening inserting instrumentalities including an awl, means'for reci ,irocatinfr `the awl to formi fasteninv re-r 2? D ceiving holes in a work giece constructed and arranged to cause the awlto come to rest when` itimeets ancexcessive resistance, and4 means for inserting in the holes formed' by the awl fastenin's the lengths of which are C2 2D determined by the length of the p'athof movement of the awl when forming thelioles in' which the respective fasteningsv are" inserted. v

10. A fastening-inserting machine having, in combination, an awl, means forrreciproeating' the awlthrough a path the length 'of which depends upon the thickness 'of the work piece presented to the machine as meas-l ured by the awl at the Vpoint where Va .fastening is to be inserted constructed and arranged to cause` the aWl to cnme to rest when ithas passed completely through the Work piece, and means for inserting in the holes formed in the Work piece by the avvl fastenings the lengths of which are determined by the lengths ofthe pathsmeasured by the avvl when forming the holes in which the respective fastenings are inserted.

l 11. A fastening inserting machine having, in combinati-on, anfavvl, and means for reciprocating the aivl constructed and arranged to thrust the aivl forcibly int-o the bottom of a shoe mounted on a 'last having i an impenetrable bottom plate and topermit the awl to come to rest when the awl strikes said impenetrable plate, said means being also arranged subsequently to Withdravvthe awl fr-om the Work.

12. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an aWl, and means for reciprocating the aWl including connections arranged to be broken When the aivl strikes an impenetrable member back of the Work piece, said connections being arranged to become operative later in the cycle of operation of the machine to cause the aWl reciprocating means to Withdraw the aWl from the Work piece.

r13. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an aWl, means for reciprocating the avvl constructed' and arranged to causey the aWl to penetrate the bottom of a shoe on a last having an impenetrable bottom plate and to be Withdrawn therefrom, said means including a connection arranged to be broken When the avvl hits said impenetrable plate and to be remade during the Withdrawal movement of the awl reciproeating means so that the latter is effective to Withdraw the avvl from the shoe bottom.

14. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, fastening insertingV instrumentalities including an aWl constructed and arranged to form fastening receiving holes passing completely through a Work piece and then to come to rest, whereby-the avvl fmeasures the thickness of the Work piece,

and means for feeding a strip of fastening Vmaterial step by step towardthe fastening inserting instrumentalities constructed and arranged toV cause the length of each step to be controlled by the thickness of the tvork piece as measured by the aWl.

15. -A fastening-inserting machine having, in combination, fastening-inserting instrumentalities including an avl operable to form fastening receiving holes in a Work piece the depths ef which are determined by resistance A' encountered by the aWl as it completes its passage through the Work piece, means for feeding a strip of fastening material toward the fastening inserting instrumentalities, and means for severing pegs from thestrip of materlal, the feedingmeans being constructed and arranged to cause the length of each pegl to be controlled by the distance measured by the avvl vWhile passing through the Work piece in forming a hole for that peg.

16. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination7 fastening inserting instrumentalities including an avvl, an aWl carrier, means for reciprocating the awl carrier through a path the length of which depends upon the entire thickness of the bottom of a shoe presented to the fastening inserting instrumentalities, and means for presenting fastenings to the fastening inserting instrumentalities arranged to cause the length of each fastening to be controlled by the length of the corresponding reciprocation of the avvl carrier.

17. A fastening inserting machine arranged to insert fastenings in the bottoms of shoes mounted on lasts having, in combination, fastening inserting instrumentalities including a bar reciprccable through a path the length of which is determined by the thiolness of the bottom of a shoe mounted on a last, means for feeding a strip of fastening material toward the fastening inserting instrumentalities7 and connections between the strip feeding means and the reciprocable bar constructed and arranged to cause the length of strip fed to depend upon the length of the reciprocation of said bar.

18. A fastening-inserting machine having, in combination, fastening-inserting instrumentalities including an aWl bar, an aivl carried thereby and reciprocable with the awl b r through a path the length of which is determined by resistance to the movement of the aWl encountered by the aivl as it completes its passage through the Work piece, a recipre cable feed dog arranged to engage a strip of fastening material and to feed the strip toward the fastening-inserting instrumentalities, and connections between the reciprocable dog and the reciproeable avvl bar constructed and arranged to cause the length of the effec tive strip feeding movement of the dog to depend upon the length of the reciprocation of the-awl bar.

.19. A fastening inserting machine havin g7 in combination, fastening inserting instrumentalities including an awl arranged to penetrate a` Work piece and to be stopped by an impenetrable member back of the Work e piece, and means for supplying to the fastening inserting instrumentalities fasti-ning the length of which is determined by the depth to Which the asv/l has penetrated the work piece;

20, A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, fastening inserting instrumentalities including an aivl arranged to penetrate a Work piece thereby forming a fastening receiving hole and to be stopped by an impenetrable member back of the Work piece,- and means for severing from a strip of faspenetrate a Work piece and tenins material and iiesentinizto the fstinzichine having,

en impenetrable member back of the Work throat arranged to guide festenings' piece, a, to the Work piece, and means for supplying;

fastenings to the throat arranged to control ythe length of each fastening; in accordance with the thickness 'of the'port-ion of the `Work piece between the throat end seid` impenetrable member. c

22. A fastening inserting' machine having, in combination, fastening inserting instrumentslities including` en aivl arranged to penetrate a Work piece and to be stopped by an impenetrable member beck of the Work penetrable member. n

2d. ik fastening inserting;` machine having,

impenetrablemember back of the Work piecer iiece a throatineans for sunplvinf fasten-V 7 7 ,i n e i1 ings to the throat including' ineens for feeding a strip of fastening;` material tfgivinzd the throat,v end ineens for 'severing fastenings from the strip arreneed to control the. lengthV .L ci, C

of cach fastening severed in ficcordancewith the thickness of the portion .of the Work piece between the throatJ and said impenctraT bie member in which the respective festenings are to be inserted.V i i 23. A fasteninivi` inserting,r machine having, in combination, fastening inserting instrnmentalities including a tool acting as anvavvi :ind `rsrriiirred to penetrate Work piece andv to bestopped by en impenetrable member beck of the Work piece and subsequently/factingr es a driver to insert e fastening in the hole which it has formed in the Work piece, a throat, means for severing fiistenings from :i strip of fastening materiahiind means for fee-ding the strip of fastening materiel to tl e severing means constructed. and a ranged to ciiiise the length of each fastening` to bedetermined by the thickness of the portion of the Work piece between the in combination, fastening insertingl inst-rnnientalities including an ewl arrsng'ed'to penetrate n work pieceV and to be 'stopped bij 'en a throat eri-tinged to guide fastenings to the Work piece, means forA severing fasteningrs from s strip of fastening-j materiel` and ine-sns for feeding the strip of fastening` material to the severing means constructed and .fi.r, f ranged to canse the length of each fastening to be determined by the thickness of the portion of the Work piece between the throat and the impenetrable member. f

25; A fastening inserting machine having,

in combination, an aWl ber arranged for reinserting instru-v throat and the imin combination,l en eivi bei arranged for reciprocating` movement, en awi carried'by the :wvl bar and arranged to form fastening receiringhoies in a workpiece presented thereto, a lever rocked through a definite path to reci-L recate the and bar, and connections' between the eivl bar and said lever arranged to permit the avvl ber and the aivl to come to rest when the aivi, encounters an impenetrable ineinb er by W nch the Work piece is backed up but to nerinitthe iever to rock to the end of l v its path.`

2.7. ii fastening inserting machine having, in combination, fastening linserting instrumente ities including an awi. a. carrier for the'aivi. a` menber detachabl f connected to the carrier end means ror reciprocatinff said i i r n member, the connections bet-Ween said member and errenged to'forc-e the iiivi into a Work piece presented thereto iintil the avvl meets an eX- cessive resistance et which' time. the connection is temoorsril i broken so that the awl end the :iivl carrier may come to rest while seid detschably connected member and the reciprocating means therefor continue their movement.

2S. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, fastening inserting instrumetalities including en aWl, a carrier for the iiivi, a member detiichabl'v connected to the carrier, sind cyciiceiljv operated means for reciprocating said member th oiigh :i definite path, the connections between said member and the aivi Lcarrier being constructed end arrenged to force the` eivl into a Work piece presented thereto until the aWl meets an eX- cessive resistance et which time the connection is broken so that the and and the aivl carrier ably connected member continues its movemont to the end of its path.

Q07. A fastening in cci diiiietioii, fastening insertind instrumentslities including iin aivl, a. member ieciprocetion of which reciprccates the aWl, a latch member connected thereto and provided vith e shoulder, second latch member provided with ey shoulder arranged for engagement with the shoulder of the first latch member, means tending yieldingly to hold the two the awl carrier being,T constructed andinay come to rest While said detach-V serting' machine having,A

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latch members together with their shoulders in engagement with each other, and means for reciprocating the second latch member.

30. A fastening inserting machine having, incombination, an awl, and means for reciprocating the awl to form fastening receiving openings in a worlr piece presented thereto, said means including a pair'of interengaging latch members constructed and arranged to transmit reciprocating movement to the awl until the awl meets an excessive resistance and then to allow the awl to come to rest, said means being arranged subsequently to withdraw the awl from the worlr piece.

31. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an awl, a cam for reciprocating the awl to form fastening receiving openings in a work piece presented thereto, and connections between the cam and the awl including a pair of interengaging latch members constructed and arranged to transmit reciprocating movement to the awl until the awl meets an excessive resistance and then to disengage the latch members thereby allowing the aw to come torest, said connections being constructed and arranged subsequently to withdraw the awl-from theworlr piece.

32. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an awl, and means for reciprocating the awl to form fastening receiving openings in a Vworlr piece presented thereto, said means including a pair of interengaging latch members constructed and arrangedto transmit reci} 3rocating movement to the awl until the awl meets an excessive resistance whereupon one of the shoulders Ais dragged from the other to allow the awl to come to rest. Y

33. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an awl, a cam'for reciprocating the awl to form fastening receiving openings in a worlr piece presented thereto, and connectionsY between the cam and the awl including a pair of interengaging latch members for transmitting reciprocating movement to the awl and so arranged that when the awl meets an excessive resistance the shoulders are dragged one from the other thereby allowing the awl to come to rest, said connections being constructed and arranged to withdraw the awl subsequently from the work piece. y

34e. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, fastening inserting instrumentalities including an awl, a member reciprocation of which reciprocates the awl, a latch member connected thereto, a second latch inem er arranged for engagement with the lirst, means tending yieldingly to hold the two latch members in engagement with each other, and means for reciprocating the second latclifmemberthereby, when the latch members are in engagement, reciprocating the awl.

35. A fastening inserting machine having,

in combination, an awl bar, an awl carried thereby and arranged for reciprocating movement with the awl bar to form fastening receiving holes in a work piece presented thereto, a latch member carried by the awl bar, al second latch member mounted for slidv ing movement on the awl bar and arranged to be secured to the awl bar by the lirstlatchmember, means for reciprocating the second latch member to cause the awl to form fastening receiving holes in the work piece, and connections between the two latch members arranged to be broken when the awl meets an excessive resistance so that the awl may come to rest while the second latch member continues its movement toward the work piece, the latch members being arranged also to engage each other during the return strolre of the second latch member so that when the awl is withdrawn from the work piece the mechanism is in Vcondition for operating through another cycle.

36. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an awl bar, a sleeve slidably mounted thereon, means for reciprocating the sleeve, a latch member pivoted to the sleeve, a second latch member pivoted to the awl bar, means for reciprocating the sleeve through a fixed path of movement, a relatively light spring tending to urge the two latch members into engagement with each other and a heavier spring tending to resist movement of the first latch member in a direction to disenga-ge the latch members from each other.

' 37. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, an awl bar, an awl carried thereby, a sleeve Vslidably mounted on the awl bar, means for reciprocating the sleeve, and mechanism for disconnecting the sleeve and the awl bar comprising a latch member pivoted tothe sleeve, a second latch member pivoted to the awl bar, a relatively light spring tending to urge the second latch member intoengagement with the irst and a heavier spring tending to resist movement of the first latch member in a direction to disengage the members from each other, the resistance of said heavier spring being overcome and the latch members disconnected when the awl meets an excessive resist-ance in penetrating a work piece.

38. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, a cam, a lever continuously rocked by said cam, a reciprocable driver operating member, a sleeve slidably mounted on said member and connected to said lever, a latch operable to secure said sleeve to the driver operating member and a manually operable controller for said latch movement of which is effective to connect and discoiinect the latch and the sleeve and thereby to start and stop the driver operating member.

39. A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, two levers continuously s lss-17,860-

ylengt-h, means for feedinga; strip of1fastening Vmaterial and* for severing fastenings from; thestrip of material operatedy by the other lever, andmeans for causing the length `of the fasteningsfsevered to be determined by the length of the reciprocation of the aivl bar. y

40. fastening inserting lmachine having, in combination, kan. awl -bar having a cam surface formed thereon, means for reciprocating the awl bar through a variable path, a lever arranged to be rocked by said cam surface, and means connected to the lever for v y a av movableshear Y:Diena-ber iO-.eperatingtherefeeding a strip of fastening material through a distance determined by the extent of the movement of the cam surface on the aivl bar. s

4l. A fastening inserting machine having,

in combination, an aWl bar, a cam carried by ing `Ymovement, fromfastening-Ieiitlg t0 the aWl bar, means for reciprocating the awl through a variable path, a lever, a dog carp V A ried by the lever and arranged to engage a sSITPf-dmg- Ille-Sms;Garfiedrthelebyllld R1- strip of fastening material, means for movj ing the lever and the dog bodily to cause the dog to feed the strip of material, and a spring urging one end of the lever into en- Vthe slide member; and thermovablel shearmember arranged to rock thejmovable shearfmemf3 -ber about its .--fulcrum after the; conclusion i ofthe strip-feeding movement,therebyssevering a fastening from. the A stripoff-material gagement with the aWl bar in the path-of movement of said cani whereby relative reciprocation of the aivl bar and the lever causes the cam to move the dog into and out of engagement with the strip of material and the length of the feeding movement imparted by the dog to the strip of fastening material is dependent upon the length of the path through which the avvl bar is reciprocated.

42. A fastening inserting machine having, l v

- tion-lengthwise ofa strip. o f fasten-lng Inatte-v rial, `means for reciprocating said m ember,

in combination, an aWl bar provided with a cam groove, means for reciprocating the aWl bar through a variable path, a lever carryr ing a dog arranged for feeding engagement With a strip of fastening material and having a tail positioned in the cam groove thereby v to rock the lever as the lever is reciprocated relatively to the aWl bar moving the dog into and out of strip-feeding position and holding the dog in strip-feeding position for a period dependent upon the length of the reciprocation of the aWl bar, and means for moving the lever and the dog lengthwise of a anda cam carried by the awlibar in thepath ble through said throat, a stationary and a movable shear member having fastening receiving passages therein, the movable shear member being arranged for rocking movement to transfer its fastening-receiving passage from fastening-receiving position in alinement With the passage of the stationary Y Shear-member to fastening-inserting*position infalinement-,withz the path, of movement of 1 thefdriver throughO the throat, a slidejmember, Strip-'feedingmeans carried; therebymd arranged during the iirstpart offthe move- -mentof-.said slide. member; tovvar'd lthe 4Work ,piece to feed, a strip of fasteninginaterial @through the sheanmembers, and connections between the l slide member 4 and,` the :movable shear,V member1 arranged to` rock ithe movable.-

.siieaiumember` afi'zerI the conclusion ofthe j strip-feedingmovement, thereby severing-,a fastening -fromthe strip of `n iaterial;- .and g iaresentmsgitmy. fasten-ing-lliserted; Ppstom A fastening inserting machine having, in combination, a stationary shear member,

`its fucrum and beingprovided with, a fastening-receiving passage movablefbyysaidroekfastening-inserting@position, afsldefmember,

ranged-during theiirst pvartgof themevement; `V,of said slide vmember 'toward-the Worlg piece to feed astrip of fastening niaterfial `,tovvard the shear members, .y and connections/,between Y for,- reciprocatingsaid, bar throughA agrariable ypath, .a .member ,mounted for reciprocaa lever. fulcrumed to l said Vmemberf strip.V engaging 4means carried by the. lever, movable by; the rockingV of' thel lever into. andoutof of fastening material in tliefothel @direction during such; portion yof its movementinthat of Ymovement ofVV said lever,l to.; rockathellever and thereby gto move the strip engaging r,means into and out of strip-engaging, ,position. y

46. A fastening inserting -machineghaning in-Vrcombmation, an aWL bar, anA awl carried .thereby,vmeans `for reciprocating the'. aivl. bar Y through a ,path i dependent l upon .thel @depth 1ivliiclithe. awl, penetra-tes Ia worlrlpiecezplxesented thereto., a member mormted Iforxreoi roieating, movement .lengthwise fof. the .awll, r,

Imeans for reciprocaating.said;member,afleverI engagement with thegstripof fastening.ma-A terial and arranged Vassaid member-.isereciprocatedfto move freely ,over lthe fastening ina- Vterial in one directioniandto feed-,theastlgip `vvork piece presented thereto but to permit fulcrumedito said member, a dog carried by the lever, movable by the rocking of the lever "into-and out of engagement With a strip of fastening material and arranged as said member is reciprocated to slide freely over the fastening material in one direction and to feed the stripV of fastening material in the other direction during such portion of its movement in that directionas the position of the lever permits engagement of the dog Vwith the strip of material, and a cam carried by the aWl bar in the bath of movement of said lever to rock the lever and thereby to move the dog into and out of strip-engaging position. Y

47. A fastening-inserting machine having, in combination, a nozzle, an aWl, operating means therefor, and connections between the avvl and its operating means constructed and arranged to thrust the avvl forcibly into a the avvleto come to rest relatively to the nozv Y zle in eachl cycle of operation When it meets an excessive resistance and later in the cycle to Withdraw the avvl from the Work, and

Vmeans for inserting a fastening in the hole formed in the Work piece by the avvl.

48. A fastening-inserting machine having, in combination, means for measuring the thickness of the bottom of a shoe mounted 'on a last'including a measuring member and 'operating mechanism therefor constructed and arranged to give Way When the measuring member meets an excessive resistance, and means for inserting in the bottom of the shoe'vfastemngs corresponding to the measured thickness of the shoe bottom.

` 4:9.y A fastening-inserting machine having,

in combination, an aWl, means for reciprocating the awl constructed and arranged to thrust the avvl into the bottom of a shoe mounted on a last and to permit the avvl to be arrested When the a-Wl strikes a metal bottom plate on the last, said means including Va connection yconstructed and arranged to "break When the aWl strikes the metal bottom plate of the last, and means for inserting fastenings in the holes formed by the avvl in the shoe bottom.

in combination, an avvl, means for reciprocating the avvl including a connection arranged to give Way When the avvl meets an excessive resistance inits Work penetrating movement, means for severing fastenings fromv a strip of fastening material, and means for feeding the strip of fastening material controlled by the depth to which the aWl pierces the vvork piece so that each fastening severedWill be of a length corresponding to 1the depth to which the aWl pierces the Work piece at the point Where it is to be inserted. 51. A fastening-inserting machine having, 1n combination, an avvl, means for reciproeating the aWl including a connection ar-l 50. A fastening-inserting machine having, 

